Joseph Addison

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The post of honour is a private station. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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The woman that deliberates is lost. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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